Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 12:19:28 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware for NAS/NFS? Message-ID: <20140528121928.3b3cd60a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <10590.73524.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <10590.73524.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 28 May 2014 04:03:46 +0000 (UTC), Thomas Mueller wrote: > Thanks to various people on this list for suggestions. > > I'm looking for something that does not require a full computer, > like the Seagate Central, which is an external NAS hard drive: > 2, 3 or 4 TB, NTFS-formatted, USB 2.0 port, connects to wireless > router by Ethernet. Comparable to the Buffalo LinkStation I had (even though it could only hold one disk, ext2 formatted). It's very low power and boots from a combination of ROM and disk partition, whereas the rest of the disk is for data storage. Access to data could happen via FTP, CIFS and NFS, if I remember correctly. Oh, I found a datasheet: http://www.buffalotech.com/content/files/products/HD-HXXXLAN_DS_092905.pdf Maybe something like this, in "more modern", would fit your needs? As far as I know, those things can be flashed to run Linux with server functionality (mail server or DNS or web server), or even run OpenBSD. > NTFS is not the easiest file system to deal with from BSD or Linux, > but it might not matter over Internet protocols. But it will matter in case of data recovery. :-) > Now I wish my wireless router had a USB port, don't know if there > is any workable way to connect a USB drive to Ethernet through > adapters. Using a device as described and wiring it to the router would be possible. Without further examination, how about those? http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage http://www.amazon.de/Buffalo-LinkStation-LS420D0402-EU-Speed-Gigabit/dp/B00COZ2K48 -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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